Tag Archives: witch

Alyth: Author on Fire

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Frank

I started this blog on WordPress.com in November 2012, moving over from Goodreads, and decided to experiment with blog-based fiction. In a series of posts, I wrote about my friend Alyth, a beautiful and passionate girl who believes herself to … Continue reading →

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Alyth enchanted

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Frank

The doorbell pulled me back from the edge of sleep, the equations and calculations beneath my cruel red pen long reduced to an incomprehensible haze of scribbles. I peered at the clock, praying that no one else would be roused … Continue reading →

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lips cold as night, or: a good six inches

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Frank

Another collection of haiku twittering from @AlinaMeridon… defenceless beauty naked in the pillory punish? or worship? Oh what perfection! Give me talons to catch him – and make him my slave… Fiery red curls – bright with dangerous magic… Let … Continue reading →

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Pretty When They Collide

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Frank

Rhiannon Frater’s Pretty When They Collide, published 2013, is a prequel to the Pretty When She… series that started with the excellent Pretty When She Dies. This was picked for me to read as part of a goodreads challenge. I … Continue reading →

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whispering fingers

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Frank

Another collection of haiku twittering from @AlinaMeridon… the man-eater prowls razor-sharp heels promise pain and will deliver whispering fingers the sole point of connection through which our love flows Caught! – a web of silk… Struggling excites my captor – … Continue reading →

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For the Love of Blood

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Frank

Annie Alvarez’s For the Love of Blood, published 2009, is a short, complex story with extended erotic scenes. I had high hopes for this, but alas they were dashed. Izzy, a young witch all on her own with nothing to … Continue reading →

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words like copper wire

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Frank

Another collection of haiku twittering from @AlinaMeridon… the goddess reclines the faithful drink sacred wine they serve her pleasure ‘What big teeth you have!’ ‘All the better to bite you. ‘Come, my pretty girl…’ words like copper wire unseen forces … Continue reading →

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Jade

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Frank

Rose Montague’s Jade, published November 2013 (see guest post by the author: No one reads lesbian fiction anyway, so who cares?), is narrated by Jade, a part-witch/vampire/shifter/fae with an expertise in martial arts, and a strict diet of coffee, wine, … Continue reading →

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No one reads lesbian fiction anyway, so who cares?

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Frank

Rose Montague is the author of Jade, a YA urban fantasy whose narrator is not only a female vampire (yay!) but also a bisexy witch (yay!). Or maybe she’s lesbian, I’m still trying to figure that out. (Labels – sigh.) … Continue reading →

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Haiku Twitterfest

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Frank

Another collection of haiku twittering from @AlinaMeridon… haiku twitterfest five, seven and five again ad infinitum social media addictive necessity listen to my words! lustral liaison lovingly loquacious lips (luscious labia) all very sexy gender irrelevancy why discriminate? the goddess … Continue reading →

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